(KNZA)--The 97th annual Jackson County Fair will kick off Monday at the Northeast Kansas Heritage Complex, south of Holton.
This year's fair parade will take place Wednesday evening at 6:00 in Holton. Serving as grand marshals will be longtime Meadowlark District Extension agents Jody Holthaus and Nancy Nelson, who both retired last year.
A new feature of this year's fair is a post-parade concert at 9:00 featuring country singer-songwriter Wynn Varble.
The county's 4-H youth will be showing their projects between Monday and Thursday.
Carnival rides and games will be provided by Great Plains Amusement Tuesday through Saturday evening.
Meanwhile, the annual Doniphan County Fair gets underway Monday with the coronation of the 4-H prince and princess at 6:00, and runs through Friday.
Vying for Prince are Grant Boos, Brycen Bauman and Riley Grable.
Vying for Princess are Alyson Grable, AnnaMaria Root, Mackenna Thomas, Allison Jeschke and Gracie Juhl.
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